Refused have introduced a farewell tour of North America in March and April 2025, with assist from Quicksand. The Swedish post-hardcore greats may also reissue their landmark album The Shape of Punk to Come on November 8 for its twenty fifth anniversary, together with a 3xLP model with unreleased demos and uncommon alternate variations, plus an album of covers by artists together with Fucked Up, Idles, Touché Amoré, Quicksand, Zulu, and Gel. Dubbed The Form of Punk to Come Obliterated, that and the reissue are out November 8 by way of Epitaph. Take a look at the covers album’s tracklist beneath, together with the Refused Are F**king Lifeless Tour dates.
In the present day’s announcement follows frontperson Dennis Lyxzén’s restoration from a heart attack in June, which pressured the band to cancel a present billed as their last-ever Swedish pageant set. Refused drummer David Sandström stated in a press launch, “Dennis is doing nice. He’s one of many healthiest dudes I do know, he can’t sit nonetheless, workouts quite a bit and it follows that his recuperation could be swift. He’s gotten glorious care and his physician has run all of the bodily checks on him and so they all point out he’s making a full restoration.… We’re coming to the U.S. in March/April 2025, and we’re what else we are able to do with the remainder of the yr, all we all know is that we need to end again house in Sweden on the finish of the yr.”
Examine Refused’s “New Noise” at No. 245 in “The 250 Best Songs of the 1990s.”
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The Form of Punk to Come Obliterated:
01 Gel: “Worms of the Senses / Schools of the Cranium”
02 Quicksand: “The Liberation Frequency”
03 Brutus: “The Lethal Rhythm”
04 Snapcase: “Summer season Holidays vs. Punkroutine”
05 Idles: “New Noise (Remix)”
06 Ho99o9: “New Noise”
07 Fucked Up: “Refused Celebration Program”
08 Zulu: “Protest Music ’68”
09 Chilly Cave: “Refused Are Fucking Lifeless”
10 Igorr: “The Form of Punk to Come”
11 Cult of Luna: “Tannhäuser / Derive”
12 Touche Amore: “The Apollo Programme Was a Hoax”
Refused:
03-21 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount #
03-23 Toronto, Ontario – Historical past #
03-25 Chicago, IL – Salt Shed #
03-27 San Francisco, CA – The Warfield #
03-28 Los Angeles, CA – Shrine Expo Corridor #
03-29 Del Mar, CA – The Sound #
03-30 Phoenix, AZ – Marquee Theatre #
04-01 Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre #
04-02 Salt Lake Metropolis, UT – Union Occasion Middle #
04-04 Boise, ID – Knitting Manufacturing unit #
04-05 Seattle, WA – The Showbox #
04-07 Vancouver, British Columbia – Vogue Theatre #
04-08 Portland, OR – Revolution Corridor #
04-10 Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades #
# with Quicksand
